Mitigating Credit Risk Through Credit Insurance

Special Thanks to our Event Sponsor!

• Larz Soper of ARI Global

For questions about credit insurance or how it can improve a borrowing relationship, contact Larz Soper at larz@ariglobal.com

Webinar Presentation to discuss credit insurance applications to mitigate financial risk.

This event qualifies for 1.8 CEU's!

Webinar link will be included in your registration confirmation - please scroll all the way to the bottom of your confirmation email!

Credit insurance is utilized to minimize financial risk to both corporate borrowers and business lenders and involves many insurance products. These include trade credit insurance, used to protect a company’s accounts receivable related to customer financial liability, domestic credit insurance used to cover business sales and export credit insurance which addresses both financial commercial risk (international customer’s inability to pay for goods/services) and political risk (related to a foreign country which prevents payment for goods/services).

The one hour presentation will cover the perspectives of both the insurance broker and banking credit risk manager and will address the following:

• What is credit insurance and how can it be effectively utilized

• An overview of current carriers in the market, including a discussion of the differences between EXIM, Limits UW, Excess off Loss markets.

• How borrowers would use credit insurance including the expansion of sales’ growth, strengthening of loan collateral and the control of catastrophic loss.

• Claim coverage details and insurance carrier contract language

• Avenues employed by lenders to mitigate risk

• Applications for Special Assets

• Other areas where CI can enhance lending

ABOUT OUR PRESENTERS!

Larz Soper is Vice President with ARI Global, Inc., is an expert broker specializing in credit insurance. He directly represents every admitted credit insurance in the country, including EXIM. Larz possesses over 25 years of experience in credit, collections, consulting, and credit insurance. He uses a consultative approach, asking questions about clients’ and prospects’ business operations and goals to understand their business through their eyes. Larz is passionate about strategizing sales growth, resolving clients, and changing organization mindsets from “Preventing Risks” to Managing Risk” issues. Larz sees himself as integral to where lending and credit insurance intersect, working with lenders and borrowers nationwide to increase lending availability against AR.

Larz Soper

Vice President, ARI Global

https://www.linkedin.com/in/creditinsurance

Thomas F. Matthias is a Global Trade Sales Officer for trade finance and trade banking services in Regions’ Global Trade Finance Department. In this capacity, he is responsible for delivering customized trade finance solutions for Regions’ clients engaged in international business. Mr. Matthias joined Regions Bank in

2016 as Vice President with trade finance and trade banking business development responsibilities for the Georgia East Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia markets.

Mr. Matthias has been involved in International Markets for the past 25 years. Prior to joining Regions Bank, Mr. Matthias was First Vice President at SunTrust Bank in the same role, and was previously President and CEO of IMEX Financing LLC, where he was responsible for all financial matters regarding customers of IMEX Financing LLC, and was responsible for the vision, business development, and strategy of the company. IMEX Financing LLC was a leading interational trade financing advisory firm.

Thomas F. Mattias

Global Trade Sales Officer, Regions Bank

Risk Managment Association Triangle Chapter, in conjunction with the RMA Chapters of the Great Smokies, Potomac, Triad, and Upper South Carolina are pleased to present this event!